state_of_the_union = f.read()
Generic Recursive Text Splitting#
This text splitter is the recommended one for generic text. It is parameterized by a list of characters. It tries to split on them in order until the chunks are small enough. The default list is ["\n\n", "\n", " ", ""]. This has the effect of trying to keep all paragraphs (and then sentences, and then words) together as long as possible, as those would generically seem to be the strongest semantically related pieces of text.
How the text is split: by list of characters
How the chunk size is measured: by length function passed in (defaults to number of characters)
from langchain.text_splitter import RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter
text_splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(
    # Set a really small chunk size, just to show.
    chunk_size = 100,
    chunk_overlap  = 20,
    length_function = len,
)
texts = text_splitter.create_documents([state_of_the_union])
print(texts[0])
print(texts[1])
page_content='Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President, our First Lady and Second Gentleman. Members of Congress and the Cabinet.' lookup_str='' metadata={} lookup_index=0
page_content='and the Cabinet. Justices of the Supreme Court. My fellow Americans.' lookup_str='' metadata={} lookup_index=0
Markdown Text Splitter#
MarkdownTextSplitter splits text along Markdown headings, code blocks, or horizontal rules. It’s implemented as a simple subclass of RecursiveCharacterSplitter with Markdown-specific separators. See the source code to see the Markdown syntax expected by default.
How the text is split: by list of markdown specific characters
How the chunk size is measured: by length function passed in (defaults to number of characters)
from langchain.text_splitter import MarkdownTextSplitter